Holocene coral reef terraces and coseismic uplift of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Auteurs :
OTA, Y.
CHAPPELL, J.
KELLEY, R.
YONEKURA, N.
MATSUMOTO, E.
NISHIMURA, T.
HEAD, J.

Description :
The Holocene terraces described here are erosional features with regressive encrusting corals, developed upon the Holocene transgressive reef. The multiple levels represent episodic, probably coseismic uplift, which has occurred repeatedly in the last ca. 6000 yr. Significant longshore variation in the age of the lowest terrace, from 1700 to 2500 yr B.P., suggests independent coseismic uplift on different sectors of the coast. This is supported by age-height relationships of the higher Holocene terraces.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1993, vol. 40, n°. 2, p. 177-178, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 23 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier